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ref-manual: Fixed grammar problem in FILES variable description.

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Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Scott Rifenbark
2014-07-10 16:03:30 +03:00
committed by Richard Purdie
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@@ -2637,10 +2637,11 @@
</para>
<para>
To use the <filename>FILES</filename> variable, provide a package name
override that identifies the resulting package.
Then, provide a space-separated list of files or paths that identifies the
files you want included as part of the resulting package.
To use the <filename>FILES</filename> variable, provide a
package name override that identifies the resulting package.
Then, provide a space-separated list of files or paths
that identify the files you want included as part of the
resulting package.
Here is an example:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
FILES_${PN} += "${bindir}/mydir1/ ${bindir}/mydir2/myfile"
@@ -2648,24 +2649,29 @@
</para>
<note>
When specifying paths as part of the <filename>FILES</filename> variable,
it is good practice to use appropriate path variables.
For example, use <filename>${sysconfdir}</filename> rather than
<filename>/etc</filename>, or <filename>${bindir}</filename> rather
than <filename>/usr/bin</filename>.
When specifying paths as part of the
<filename>FILES</filename> variable, it is good practice
to use appropriate path variables.
For example, use <filename>${sysconfdir}</filename> rather
than <filename>/etc</filename>, or
<filename>${bindir}</filename> rather than
<filename>/usr/bin</filename>.
You can find a list of these variables at the top of the
<filename>meta/conf/bitbake.conf</filename> file in the
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>.
</note>
<para>
If some of the files you provide with the <filename>FILES</filename> variable
are editable and you know they should not be
overwritten during the package update process by the Package Management
System (PMS), you can identify these files so that the PMS will not
If some of the files you provide with the
<filename>FILES</filename> variable are editable and you
know they should not be overwritten during the package
update process by the Package Management System (PMS), you
can identify these files so that the PMS will not
overwrite them.
See the <filename><link linkend='var-CONFFILES'>CONFFILES</link></filename>
variable for information on how to identify these files to the PMS.
See the
<link linkend='var-CONFFILES'><filename>CONFFILES</filename></link>
variable for information on how to identify these files to
the PMS.
</para>
</glossdef>